17th Canadian Parliament

{{Short description|17th parliamentary term of the Parliament of Canada}}

{{Infobox Canadian Parliament

| jurisdiction = CA

| image = Coat of arms of Canada (1921–1957).svg

| # = 17th

| type = Majority

| houseimage = Chambre des Communes 1930.png

| senateimage =

| status = inactive

| term-begin = 1930-09-08

| term-end = 1935-08-14

| pm = R. B. Bennett

| ministry = 15th Canadian Ministry

| pm-begin = 1930-08-07

| pm-end = 1935-10-23

| loterm = 7 August 1930 – 22 October 1935

| party = Conservative Party

| party2 = Liberal Party

| party3 = United Farmers of Alberta

| party4 = Progressive Party

| party5 = Labour

| partyfootnote1 =

| sc = George Black

| scterm =8 September 1930 – 16 January 1935

| sc2 =James Langstaff Bowman

| scterm2 =17 January 1935 – 5 February 1936

| ghl =

| ghlterm =

| ghl2 =

| ghlterm2 =

| ohl =

| ohlterm =

| ohl2 =

| ohlterm2 =

| ss =Pierre-Édouard Blondin

| ssterm =3 September 1930 – 10 January 1936

| ss2 =

| ssterm2 =

| gsl =Wellington Bartley Willoughby

| gslterm =7 August 1930 – 3 February 1932

| gsl2 =Arthur Meighen

| gslterm2 =3 February 1932 – 22 October 1935

| osl =Raoul Dandurand

| oslterm =7 August 1930 – 22 October 1935

| osl2 =

| oslterm2 =

| sessionbegin =8 September 1930

| sessionend =22 September 1930

| sessionbegin2 =12 March 1931

| sessionend2 =3 August 1931

| sessionbegin3 =4 February 1932

| sessionend3 =26 May 1932

| sessionbegin4 =6 October 1932

| sessionend4 =27 May 1933

| sessionbegin5 =25 January 1934

| sessionend5 =3 July 1934

| sessionbegin6 =17 January 1935

| sessionend6 =5 July 1935

| monarch = George V

| monarchterm = 6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936

| viceroy = Vere Ponsonby

| viceroyterm = 4 April 1931 – 2 November 1935

| viceroy2 =

| viceroyterm2 =

| members = 245

| senators =

| lastparl = 16th

| nextparl = 18th

}}

Image:Richard Bedford Bennett.jpg was Prime Minister during the 17th Canadian Parliament.]]

The 17th Canadian Parliament was in session from 8 September 1930, until 14 August 1935. The membership was set by the 1930 federal election on 28 July 1930, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1935 election.

It was controlled by a Conservative Party majority under Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett and the 15th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by William Lyon Mackenzie King.

The Speaker was first George Black, and later James Langstaff Bowman. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1924-1933 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

It was the third longest parliament in Canadian history.

There were six sessions of the 17th Parliament:

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!Session

!Start

!End

1st

| 8 September 1930

| 22 September 1930

2nd

| 12 March 1931

| 3 August 1931

3rd

| 4 February 1932

| 26 May 1932

4th

| 6 October 1932

| 27 May 1933

5th

| 25 January 1934

| 3 July 1934

6th

| 17 January 1935

| 5 July 1935

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List of members

Following is a full list of members of the seventeenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.

Party leaders are italicized.

Cabinet ministers are in boldface.

The Prime Minister is both.

The Speaker is indicated by "({{dagger}})".

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

=[[Alberta]]=

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!colspan=2 width=25%|Electoral district

!Name

!width=20%|Party

!First elected/previously elected

width=24% |Acadia

|{{Canadian party colour|CA|AB United Farmers|background}}|

|Robert Gardiner

|United Farmers of Alberta

|1921

rowspan=2|Athabaska

|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}}|

|John Francis Buckley (died 27 November 1931)

|Liberal

|1930

{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|background}}|

|Percy Griffith Davies (by-election of 1932-03-21)

17th Canadian Parliament

List of members

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By-elections

Notes

References

Succession